Did I mention it snowed?

So we had quite the winter storm this weekend. The kids and I have been homebound since Monday night. It dropped over 8 inches of snow, which was lovely, but then temps close to zero and winds picked up to around 30 mph. I heard the wind last night, but this is what I saw when we woke up this morning.

Drifts in our driveway. Yeah, you're not backing out through that.

Backyard.

Neighbors. Look at the way the snow built up around his Honda.

View from my basement window.

Normally you step up a few inches to get from my front porch into my entry way....

View from front door.


I have to throw this one on here. I snapped it through Addie's window this morning. Jeremy still had class. Creighton U canceled or delayed their classes this morning. All public schools and Universities were closed, not to mention banks, etc. But, Jeremy had to dig out (literally) and take my car with the 4-wheel drive and get to school. Anyway, I put this picture on here because our neighbor was kind enough to let us borrow her snow blower. Then, a different neighbor saw Jeremy trying to plow out, and grabbed his SHOVEL and starts shoveling with Jeremy. We really live on the best street and I have LOVED my neighbors.

And maybe I'm just overly emotional (who, me??!?), but laying in bed last night listening to the wind howl and wondering if my kids were warm enough in their beds, I couldn't help but think of the early Mormon pioneers who were camped in this very location during the winter of 1846-47. More than 300 of them died here, and last night, wondering if my babies were warm, I thought of the agony those mothers must have had trying to keep their families safe and warm. I am just in awe of their sacrifice. (To read more of their story, click here or here.)